Table 2 Mean of anthropometric measures of the studied patients with multiple sclerosis at Kasr Alainy Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Cairo, Egypt 2019–2020
Anthropometry | Pre-intervention | Post-intervention | P value # | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IG (N = 60) | CG (N = 60) | IG (N = 57) | CG (N = 56) | ||||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Weight (kg) | |||||||||
- Female | 76.4 | 17.6 | 73.7 | 15.3 | 74.9 | 16.4 | 74.5 | 15.7 | 0.000* |
- Male | 78.4 | 16.3 | 69.3 | 11.2 | 77.0 | 14.6 | 68.9 | 11.5 | 0.652 |
BMI (kg/m2) | |||||||||
- Female | 29.9 | 6.2 | 27.7 | 5.4 | 29.2 | 5.6 | 28.0 | 5..6 | 0.001* |
- Male | 25.3 | 4.4 | 24.5 | 4.1 | 25.0 | 3.9 | 24.3 | 4.3 | 0.455 |
Waist circumference (cm)## | |||||||||
- Female | 101.5 | 13.5 | 97.1 | 12.3 | 100.7 | 11.5 | 97.9 | 12.3 | 0.011* |
- Male | 95.3 | 13.8 | 91.8 | 10.1 | 93.8 | 12.1 | 91.4 | 10.5 | 0.280 |